How common is the surname Minasian?

1,008 people in the United States had the surname Minasian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Minasian?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Minasian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Minasian?

Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player.

Where is the surname Minasian most common?

Wikidata records people named Minasian in Armenia.

Is the surname Minasian getting more or less common?

More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, up 9.4%.

The surname Minasian

An Armenian surname, carried by 1,008 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Minasian is more common than 84.8% of them.

Origin

Armenian origin

Variant of Minasyan.

One of 47 Armenian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,008 people named Minasian in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. That is up 9.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 921.

#24,736

rank among US surnames

1,008

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

+9.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,242)

Who is named Minasian

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Minasian identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Minasians

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Artashes Minasian
Armenian chess player, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Minasian

Minasian has the Soundex code M525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M525.

Other Armenian surnames

All 47 Armenian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Minasian come from?: Variant of Minasyan.
How common is the surname Minasian?: 1,008 people in the United States had the surname Minasian in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 306,295 Americans. It ranked 24,736th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Minasian?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Minasian identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Minasian?: Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess player.
Where is the surname Minasian most common?: Wikidata records people named Minasian in Armenia.
Is the surname Minasian getting more or less common?: More common. 921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,008 in 2010, up 9.4%.